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By SHELLEY TOPP The North Canterbury Guinea Pig Club's inaugural show at Woodend last weekend could lead to a nation-wide event. Fifty of the furry little...

By SHELLEY TOPP Trade Aid co-founder Vi Cottrell found it difficult to accept an award in the latest New Year Honours list. Mrs Cottrell was made...

  By ROBYN BRISTOW Waipara Hills and summer concerts are now synonymous. And this part of the business owes much to Jenny Anderson who grasped the opportunity...

By Robyn Bristow They rolled into town - purring, gleaming and much-loved. Cars of all makes and vintages lined Rangiora's High Street last night to celebrate...

New beginning . . . A concept plan of a new retail space to replace the building on the corner of High and Good...

By AMANDA BOWES As temperatures rose, so did prices for the first day of the Hawarden Ewe Fair on Tuesday. Two tooths and capital stock were...

By DAVID HILL Kaikoura's marine tourism is operating, but at "winter levels". Local tourism operators remain optimistic about the future, despite the realisation they will effectively...

By AMANDA BOWES The number of sheep on offer at the upcoming Hawarden Ewe Fair has surprised stock agents and has resulted in a two...

By ROBYN BRISTOW "Relieved" is how dismissed Rangiora High School Principal Peggy Burrows is describing the way she feels about winning her unfair dismissal case...

By SHELLEY TOPP Christchurch specialist anaesthetist John Hyndman, who lives in Clarkville, has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)...